We reached the beach and it was so dark.We waited for a while till it's 6am,I helped the guy to push his boat out into the sea.I'm the only passenger!I paid 150,000rph,which is around RM51 for my 2 hours ride from 6-8am but ended I'm so lucky to booked the whole boat with that same amount.We started our journey to see wildlife dolphins.The sky begins to turn bright every minute and after 30minutes ride,I saw a dolphin!I'm all Excited!I thought that's it?Only 1 dolphin?After 40minutes ride I started to doubt that will I see dolphins.I can see there are lot of boats driving towards a direction.There are at least 4-5 people in a boat.I'm the only boat that have only 1 passenger.Great view without anyone blocking me!hehe!From far I can see a group of boats(around 5-6) forming a circle.The boat guy called my name,pointed a direction and ask me to look at it.Wow!It's a bunch of dolphins!!Argh!I'm Excited!Our boat approaches the same direction but these dolphins are really playful.They knew that there were so many boats and human being on the surface of the sea yet they are like playing hide and seek with us.Suddenly you can see them,suddenly they disappear.Suddenly they will appear again at another direction!You can hear the noises of motors,see all the boats switched their direction and started chasing the dolphins!It's a very unique experience!After 3-4 attempts of chasing the dolphins,i can only see them from far.I started to pray to Archangel Ariel(Archangel that take cares of the animals):"Archangel Ariel,Can u Please~Please ask the dolphins to jump beside my boat,Please~~"Once I open my eyes,Argh!!The dolphins are jumping along both side of my boat!They are so welcoming!The dolphins are only 10 meters away from me!I can see that they have grey skin and pink belly.This is how Balinese Dolphins look like!It's really Amazing and Exciting!!If I have a 0-10 rating bar for Excitement level,I'm hitting 10 and booming the rating bar!!I'm just so Excited!!I laughed and screamed like a crazy woman!I was so stunt and excited until I forgotten to snap photos!So the photos that I got are not that close up to the dolphins.After seeing the dolphins jumping off,My boat man said we gotta head back to the shore.We will not have enough petrol to go back if we don't leave now.Oww~I'm still excited!What I learnt here was Nothing last forever.After we turned our boat away from the dolphins,my excitement bar ratings started to dropped from 10,9.9,9.8,9.7...Happy moment doesn't last forever,same goes to sad moment.I just need to live in the right here right now moment.Today is the happiest day in my life!I really treasure my experience here.So I asked myself "What do you want do Now?"I decided to sing!I sang all the way back to the shore for the next 30minutes.The boat man dropped me off nearby my hotel's seashore.He told me to just follow the road,after 5 minutes walk I'll reach Melka hotel.Ok!So I started walking.It doesn't seem to reach and I can't see any sign of Melka hotel.When I'm about to panic,I saw a place that looks like a farm.I walked in.I saw chickens,Deers and Horses.I asked the man who was standing in the farm:"Excuse me,may I know where is Melka hotel?"This man was so friendly that he offered to bring me to Melka hotel.His name was Ketut!The 3rd Ketut that I know in Bali!Oh!The ground that I'm standing on it's actually Melka hotel.We walked opposite the road and we passed by a big bird farm,saw bats and Ketut stopped."This way is to the restaurant and this is to the lobby."I thanked him and walked towards the restaurant and took my breakfast.
I headed to the dolphin show at 9am.When I reached the show area I saw "Pool under construction".The staffs told me that there will not be a show.I came so far and yet no show.I was a bit disappointed and went to walk around to check out the animals in the hotel.There were kangaroos,monkeys,tortoise,Iguana etc.I bumped into Ketut again.I asked him what he's doing here in the hotel.He is a dolphin trainer!He offered to make a special show for me.He took his fish,grabbed a small bottle from the fridge and headed to the dolphin pool.In the pool,there are 2 cute dolphins named Rainbow and Rocky.They are about 7-8years old.There are total of 4 dolphins in the hotel.2 of them were rescued from the circus and 2 were rescued from the sea where they were stucked at the fishing net.The hotel trained the dolphins to do dolphin theraphy.I'm fortunate & so lucky to be the only audience!Ketut instructed the dolphins to do some of their moves.Then he fed them with fish after their moves and he started to spray something into their blow hole on their head.I asked what is that bottle for.Ketut told me:"It's an inhaler.The dolphins have asthma."This is the 1st time I heard that dolphins have asthma too!Interesting discovery.The dolphins continue playing their moves and I enjoyed watching the special show.At 9.25am,one of the staff shouted from far:"Miss Miss..."She pointed at her watch.Oh!My session is at 9.30am.I rushed all the way back my room and bathed.It's a requirement for hotel guest who want to swim with the dolphins to bath with soap before entering the pool.
With flash speed I get myself prepared and rushed back to the dolphin pool.There were 2 gentlemen inside the pool that Ketut is taking charge of.The hotel only allow 2 guests to enter the pool per session.So I walked down to another pool where I meet another 2 dolphins which is Johnny and Gomlo.They are 10-11years old.I hand over my camera to 1 of the lady staff.She offered to help me up in snapping photos when I'm with the dolphins.I put on my life jacket and went into the pool with another lady.We were only allowed to stand straight in the pool and not to swim or kick,the dolphins will come to us.True enough that once the instructor showed his hand sign,the dolphins swam to us.They are very powerful,they swim to me and I was pushed to aside like I was hit by them.I touched them.They have hard body but smooth surface.Johnny is very friendly.Johnny lost 1 of its eye sight but yet he still looks like smiling to me.Gomlo is not really in a good mood,where he only swims underneath the water.I had a Great 20 minutes session with the 2 dolphins.The session ends with feeding the dolphins and kissing the dolphins.
I got myself out of the pool and planned to walk back to my room.I met Ketut and he asked me how's my experience with the dolphins.I told him that I was sad because I do not get to hug the dolphins just like what I saw the guests were doing in Ketut's dolphin pool.Ketut look at his watch and he said:"Ok,wait for another 10 minutes and you come into my pool.You will hug the dolphins and after hug you come out from the pool.Ok?"Wow!It's a Surprise bonus!I went into the pool and Ketut instructed Rainbow to come to me.Rainbow swam to me and get herself ready with the hugging position.I was so happy and don't know how to hug it.The instructor behind me said:"Hug it like hugging your boyfriend!"I just hugged Rainbow,it twisted in a circular motion and it went for a few rounds in the water.Rainbow is like leading me in dancing!Then,Rainbow started to hit my head with its beak.The instructor said:"Kiss it,Kiss it!"So i followed and kissed Rainbow.Once I kissed Rainbow,it went back to Ketut for its reward-Fish!Next on,it's Rocky's turn!Rocky did the same thing just like Rainbow did and we had a Great fun time together.Although it's only a less than 10 minutes session,I had my best time and best photo shots!Yuhoo!I'm a satisfied and Happy woman now!I paid 450,000rph(RM153) for a 20 minutes session with 2 dolphins but ended up I swam with 4dolphins in 30minutes!Hoho!Me,Ketut and another dolphin instructor are now friends in facebook.
Back to my friend Ketut who agreed upon fetching me at 10.30am.I rushed and packed everything,checked out the hotel without even drying my hair!He's late!So i took my time drying my hair at the lobby,went online and read my book.Ketut does has the most elastic time ever.I called him at 11am he told me he's at Waterfall GitGit and asked me to wait for another 10-15minutes.I called him at 11.30am he said another 5minutes.Ended up he reached at 11.45am!Well,he explained that there was a big praying ceremony at Bedugul,so the traffic was really bad.He started driving since 7.30am from Denpasar.Usually it'll take 3 hours to reach Singaraja but because of the jam he was driving for 4hours and 15minutes all alone.Poor thing!So we headed to Kintamani.It took us another 2hours to get up to Kintamani.It was raining a bit and foggy.Ketut helped me up in snapping some photos with Volcano Batur and Lake Batur at a common tourist spot.It's very cold here.I think it's cooler than Malaysia's Cameron Highlands.Ketut bought me Salak(local Balinese fruit) and pealed it for me.He's really a nice guy.I like Salak!^^..After some photos we went off to find for my hotel.Ketut needs to rush back to his hometown in Tabanan to do his prayers for his Italy work trip.After 30minutes,we went down the mountain and we went back up.The place where he parked his car actually was my hotel's car park!It stated very clearly at the car park entrance-Lakeview Hotel!Duh!We both laughed about it.After sending all my luggage to my room,it's the last time I saw Ketut in Bali.We still keep in touch via Facebook.Now he's in Sanova.He'll be in Italy for 8months and maybe we can play around again on July when I'm in Italy!Yuhoo!!
There is no air-con or fan in the room.The weather is very cooling where i cover myself up in my blanket and spent my time watching TV in my room the whole day.I planned to go for the hot spring that is about 15 minutes away from the hotel but ended up my "auntie" visited me right after I made my reservation.So I cancelled the trip.I'm not too bothered about not getting to go for Hot spring because at least it came after I swam together with the dolphins.My prayers worked.I said come after my swimming with dolphin session.Next time I should specify "auntie" please come after my trip.I enjoyed my own TV moments.I realized that it felt so great when I have the remote control in my hand and watched the channel that I like.All this while,I had been watching TV by following others' preference.It's a great "Me" time in Kintamani.I had both lunch and dinner on bed.During evening where the sun sets and it's about to turn dark,the view is really very Nice where Lake Batur and Volcano Batur are all in Blue.It's really a fruitful and happy day!I gain lot of learning and it will be a day where I will remember it forever in my life.I love Dolphins!^^
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